Ironing-board standard.



1.1. SMITH &'F. 0. CASSIDY.

IRO'NING BOARDYSTANDARD.

APPLlcAUoN FILED JULY z, 1915.

Peteneea 11eb.15,1916.

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T E COLUMBIA PMNDQRAPH Cb., WASHIN LJ. SMITH fF. O. CASSIDY. IRON-ING BOARD STANDARD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1. 1915.

1,171,754. Patented Feb.15,1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

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iRoNrNe-BOARD STANDARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application mea July 7, 1915. semi No. 38,5757.

`To all'whom t may concern.

Be it knownv that we, JOHN J. SMrrHand FRED O. CAssIDY, citizens of the United States, resid-ing at Owego, in thecounty of' Tioga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IroningBoard, Standards, of which the following is aspecication.

Our invention relatesto an improvement in ironing board standards in whiclia collapsible leg standard is provided vwith means v described and pointed out in the claims, ref-- erence being had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of our device, with ironing board mounted upon the same. Fig. 2 is a side view of a fragmentary part of our device. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of our device without the ironing board. Fig. 1 is an interior end elevation of a fragmentary part of our device. Fig. 5 is a plan view of our standard. Fig. 6 is a plan view of our device folded up without the ironing board. Fig. 7 is a side view of our device folded up without the ironing board. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the underside of the ironing board. Fig. 9 is an end view of thev narrow end of the ironing board partly in cross section.

Similar letters refer to similar partsv throughout the drawings.

In our device we have the end standards A and A composed of the legs 2. 2 and 2. 2'; the cross braces 3 and 3 and the to braces 4 and 4; also the inner braces-,5 angl 5', 6 and 6. In the top of the end standard A we have mounted the pin 9. Mounted between the lower braces 3 and 3 of the end standards A and A we have the cross brace B composed of two strips 'of material 10 and 10 bolted together by means of the bolts or screws 11. 11 and forming between the strips 10 and 10 the slot 12 and between the two strips 10 and 10 we have mountedk 1 Vtrie opening 1o.

permitting the sides of theslot to be drawn together Vin tension: Pivotally mounted inV the end braces 5 and 6 and 5 and 6 we have the wire bails 13v and 13 which wire bails 13 and 13 pass through the slot 12 and are slidably mounted therein. vOn the lupper side of the crossbrace B we have mounted the turn button 14C; between the ends ofthe'diagonal braces 5 and 6 we have On theftopof the cross Patent-ea Feb. i5, 191e;

l through the ends of thet slot 12 and thus braces 1 and et of the standardsA and A we mount our ironing board C which board C hasonl its-underside the cleats 16.16 and onjthe underside at one end we have theV recess 17 adapted'toreceive the pin 9. At-

the other end of ironing,` board C we have the wire ring or hook projection 18.0r lug of any similar formation which Vwhen the ironing board. is lmounted in place is adapted to enterand rest in the opening 15 between the ends of the diagonal braces 5 and braces 3 and 3 thus giving the cross brace B hinged connection with the cross bracesl 3 and 3 of the standards A and A.

`When we desire to fold our device up we re-v move the ironing board C. We then loosen the thumb screws x which allows free play of the bails 13 and 13 to slide in the slot 12 and' we then bend toward each other the hinged end standards A and A and'by so doing the sliding bails 13 and 13 pass each other in,

-6 as. shown inv Fig. 5. Mounted on the top -of the brace B we have the hinges 19. 19 which are also mounted upon the cross standard we loosen the turn button 14 until sideof slot 12' and the other recess on'a line with the upper side of slot 12. W'e then screw down the turnbuttons m. x which causes the sides of the slot extensions 12 and 12 to be drawn together and firmly grippingsaid hails 13 and 13 and the standards A and A are thus held ina firm, VerticalY position ready to receive the ironing board C.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and for which we desire Letters Patent is as follows:

l. In ironing board standards leg frames consisting of two parallel frames each composed of two legs joined together by an upper and lower cross bar; two diagonal braces connecting between the upper and lower cross bar; a bail hinged to said diagonal braces; a connecting bar each end of which is hinged to the ,lower cross bar of the opposite leg frame, said bar being composed of two parallel strips; a slot projecting between the strips; the slot haring an upper extension at one end and a lower extension at the other end; said bails being slidably mounted within said slot; a button mounted on the upper surface of the connecting bar; a turn screw mounted in the parallel strips at each end of connecting bar between the slot and the end of lbar; a pin mounted. in upper cross bar of one leg frame; a recess in upper cross bar of opposite leg frame; an

ironing board having an opening on under side in one end and adapted to= receive the pin of upper cross bar of leg frame and za-y pin mounted v on underside of other end adapted to enter the recess in opposite legx frame, all for the purposes specified.

2. In: an ironing board support, leg frames, each composed of two leg members connected together by upper and lowerV cross-bars, a connecting 4bar hingedly secured 40 to the lower crossbars `oit each leg frame said bar being provided with a longitudinal slot intermediate its ends, supporting bails pivotally secured to the leg `frames and adapted' to traverse the slot yin the connecting lbar when the leg frames lare `folded 4upon said connecting bar,L means to narrow the slot iny theeonnecting bar to bind upon the bailsA when the leg members are in Vertical posi tion. whereby the legV bars are braced and r Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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